Metal cinch rigging-ring.



F. I. IVICIVIONIES 11.1. & L. H. HAMLEY.

METAL CINCH RIGGING RING.

APPLICATioN FILED Anais. 1914.

Patented May 18 THE NORRIS PETERS C0.. PHOTGJ-JTHQ. WASHINGTDN. D. C4

@FFQFL FREDERICK JOHN MCIVIONIES, JOHN JAMES HAMLEY, AND LESTER HENRY HAMLEY, OF PENDLETON, OREGON.

METAL CINCH R-IGGING-RING.

Application filed August 13, 1914.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that we, FREDERICK JOHN MoMoNrEs, JOHN JAMES HAMLEY, and LES- TER HENRY HAMLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Pendleton, in the county of Umatilla and State of Oregon, have in-l vented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Cinch Rigging-Rings; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to metal cinch rigging rings, and is more particularly designed for use in connection with the cinch or girth and the leather rigging of a riding saddle, and has for one of its objects the provision of a cinch rigging ring for eiiiciency connecting the parts of the saddle rigging and girth together for securing the saddle upon the back of the animal.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of a cinch rigging ring, having portions thereof bent laterally to provide offsets for receiving the ends of the straps of the saddle rigging whereby to provide smooth inner surfaces adjacent the body of the animal, to prevent chaiing of the hide of the animal, resulting in what is commonly known as cinch ring or rigging ring sores.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of a cinch rigging ring for saddles, for the portions to which the saddle rigging is attached, whereby the wear of the saddle rigging is distributed uniformly throughout the entire surface thereof, thus prolonging the life of the same and obviating the damaging results occasioned by the excessive wear at the edges of the saddle rigging, due to the use of the round rings.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of a cinch rigging ring for saddles, constructed in a manner whereby the stirrup leather is adapted to pass therethrough without restricting the forward and backward movement thereof, and at the same time eliminating the excessive wear upon the stirrup leather, as is the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1915.

Serial No. 856,615.

case when the same is required to lie upon the outside of the saddle rigging.

A still further object of this invention resides in the provision of a metal cinch rigging ring for saddles, simple in construction, efcient and durable in purpose, and which can be manufactured and sold upon the market at a nominal cost.

These and other objects will more fully appear and the nature of the invention more clearly understood by the construction, combination and arrangement of parts thereof as described in the following specification, defined in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary, elevational view of the saddle rigging at the left hand side of the saddle, showing the application of the invention when in use. Fig. 2 is a vertical edge view, partly in section, on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is an edgewise end view of the rigging ring shown in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow 3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the rigging ring provided with a forwardly and downwardly inclined straight bar 2 at the top portion thereof and around which is the looped end 3 of the forward strap 4f leading from the pommel of the saddle, the looped end 3 of the strap 4 being secured upon the bar 2 through the medium of the thong stitching 5. The rigging ring 1 is further provided with the rearwardly and downwardly inclined straight bar 6 at the top portion thereof, around which is the looped end 7 of the strap S leading from the rear portion of the saddle, the looped end 7 of the strap 8 being secured to the bar 6 through the medium of the thong stitching 9. The bottom part of the ring 1 is provided with the slightly downwardly curved bar 10, being positioned slightly rearwardly of the vertical central. portion of the ring 1, and has secured thereto the latigo or tie strap 11, one end of the tie strap 11 being secured to the bar 10 in the same manner as the straps 4 and S are secured to the ring 1, the remaining part of the bottom portion of the ring 1 is further provided with an approximately horizontal bar 12 over which is adapted to lie the stirrup leather 13 when the same is passed through the ring 1 and under the bar2 and thence to the saddle (not shown). V

To provide a smooth surface at the inner side of the ring 1 of the saddle rigging to prevent chaling of the hide of the animal, the portion 111 of the ring between the bars 2 and 6, the portion 15 between the bars 6 and 10 and the bar 12 are indented inwardly, whereby the inner surface of the indented portions, 14, 15 and 12 are in longitudinal alinement with the inner surface of the loops Sand 7 of the respective straps 4 and -8 and the upper portion vof the latigo or tie strap 11, this formationof the'rigging ring 1 not only provides'for the smoothalined surfaces at the inner side of the rigging device and its attachments, but also causes the bars 2, 6 and 10 to be offset or projected outwardly for accomplishing this result.

The latigo or tie strap 11 is shown connecting the cinch ring 16 of the cinch or girth 17 to the ring 1 of the saddle rigging. The ring 16 is provided with the approximately straight upper bar 18, around which, is wrapped the latigo or tie strap 11, the ring 16 being `further provided with the ap-V proximately straight lower bar 19 to which is secured one end of the cinch or girth 17 in any suitable manner. The bars 18 and 19 of the ring 16 are preferably round in cross section and are offset outwardly, while the slightly curved sides 20 are preferably flattened, although the same may also be round in cross section if so desired, the offsetting of the bars 18 and 19 alsowprovides a very smooth surface `at the inner side of the ring 16, and the attached end of the cinch or 'girth 17 and the lower wrapped portion of the latigo or tie strap 11 for also preventing chang of the animals hide, as in thecase of the rigging ring 1 hereinabove described. It is ofcourse understood that when the latigo or tie strap` 11 has been properly laced through the rigging ring 1 and-the cinch ring 16 for securing the saddle upon the animal, the tie strap 11 isthen se-V cured by the customary tie knot 21.

While the invention has been fully shown and described relative to its detailed construction and application, it is to be understood that the rigging ring and cinch ring may be formed of any suitable metal and of any finisher design desirable, and further that the parts between portions of the respective rings may be round, square or any other conformation in cross section, however, the portions of the respective rings which are designed to be engaged by any portions of the saddle rigging and girth, are preferably' round in cross section or the edges thereof sufliciently roundedV yto avoid' unnecessary and serious wear upon the portions constituting the saddle rigging and other portions constituting the saddle construction. v

The rigging rings 1 are made in lefts and rights, that is, one designed for use upon the left or near side of the saddle and the other to be used upon the right or 0E side of the saddle, and by laterally indenting and offsetting certain portions of the rings a smooth inner surface is provided, the,v outwardly offset portions of the rings providing ample space between the body of the animal and the offset portions to readily accommodate the looped end 'portions'A of the saddle rigging,vwhereby theedges rof the looped portions of the saddle rigging are kept from chaiing the body ofthe animal, thus preventing tlieconsequent galls'or sores resulting therefrom,` Y s It is obvious from the foregoing description and illustration of this invention that an exceedingly useful and meritorious device has been provided'for use in connection with saddle constructions, and one which can not only be manufactured and soldat a nominal cost, but which now meets the demands of the public and fills a long felt want, and while the preferred `embodiment ofthe in-y vention isherein shown and described, thel right is hereby reserved to make such altera tions and variations therein from time to time as deemed most expedient, and which will neither depart from the spirit of this invention nor confiictA with the scope of the claims.

Having thus fullydescribed the invention, what we claimfas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In `a' device of the class described, the combination with a saddle,tand therigging straps andthe'girththereof, ofa rigging ring secured inf the looped' ,ends-r of said straps, a cinch ring secured in the looped end of Asaid girth, and' a tie strap for connecting said rigging ring and said cinch ringto'gether, said rigging ring and said cinch ring being provided with offsets for securing said rigging straps, said girth Aand said' tie strap thereto for preventing the looped ends of said rigging straps, said girth and said tie strap from chafing the hide of an animal, the upper forward offset r of said riggingy ring-projecting sufficiently outwardly beyond the vertical plane of the lower forward bar of said ring toprovide for the passage ofthe stirrup straps under said offset andover said bar.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination'with a saddle, andthe rigging straps and the girth thereof, of a rigging ring secured in thelooped ends of said straps, a cinch 'ring secured in the looped end of said'y girth, and va tie lstrap for con-k necting said rigging ring and said cinch ring together, said rigging ring and said cinch ring being provi ed with osets for securing said rigging straps, said girth and said tie strap thereto for preventing the looped ends of said rigging straps, said C'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the uniformly throughout the inner surfaces of the looped ends of said rigging straps.

In testimony whereof We have signed our 15 naines to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses:

FREDERICK JOHN MCMONIES. JOHN JAMES HAMLEY. LESTER HENRY HAMLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. CoUTTs, M. S. WINTLER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

